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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
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[…](2024) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
establishing the format of the carbon footprint declaration for batteries in accordance 
with Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
This draft has not been adopted or endorsed by the European Commission. Any 
views expressed are the preliminary views of the Commission services and may not 
in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the Commission.    
EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
establishing the format of the carbon footprint declaration for batteries in accordance 
with Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union , 
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 12 July 2023 concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC1, and in particular Article 
7(1), fourth subparagraph, point  (b) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and in particular Article 7 (1) thereof, provides that certain 
categories of batteries are to  be accompanied by a carbon footprint declaration when 
placed on the Union market.  
(2) Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU)  2023/1542 provides a list of minimum information 
that is to  be included in the carbon footprint declaration. This list applies to all 
categories of batteries that  are to  be accompanied by the declaration.  
(3) The Commission is to lay down the format of th ose carbon footprint declarations by 
means of implementing acts.  To ensure uniform conditions in the implementation of  
the carbon footprint declarations and to provide legal certainty as soon as possible,  
one single  format for the declaration of all categorie s of batteries included in Article 7  
of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542  should be set out . 
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
committee established by Article 39 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European 
Parliame nt and of the Council2, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
The format to be used for drawing up  the carbon footprint declaration for batteries referred to 
in Article 7 (1), first subparagraph,  of Regulation (EU) 2023 /1542  is established in the Annex 
to this Regulation .  
                                                 
1 OJ L 191, 28.7.2023, p. 1  , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj .  
2 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and  of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste 
and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3 , ELI: 
http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2008/98/oj ). 
  
EN 2  EN Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union . 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
Ursula von der Leyen